🏛 $RCHKD: HSBC Launches Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoin on PayMe
HSBC rolled out its retail Hong Kong-dollar stablecoin, $RCHKD, integrating peer transfers and merchant checkouts directly into its PayMe app. The rollout allows over 3.3 million users to activate built-in stablecoin wallets backed one-for-one by fiat reserves. HSBC Digital Assets Custody provides custodial backing, with planned integrations across standard mobile banking later this year. However, initial access remains confined to Hong Kong retail PayMe accounts.
📊 $BTC : Spot ETFs Bleed $635M in Heaviest Daily Exit Since June
U.S. spot $BTC funds recorded $635 million in net outflows on Thursday, snapping a three-day inflow streak and erasing Wednesday's $528 million gain. The sudden exit marks the deepest single-day institutional withdrawal since June 25. The reversal pushed cumulative October flows back into a $175 million deficit. Even with the sharp pullback, weekly net flows remained positive at $443 million.
🛠 $ETH : Glamsterdam Testnet Fork Postponed Over Smart Contract Gas Risks
$ETH : Core developers delayed the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet past its planned Oct. 26 date. The pause follows warnings that EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 could return gas after failed operations, potentially enabling insufficient gas griefing across existing smart contracts. ChainSecurity discovered 13 real-world contract vulnerabilities under the proposed rules. However, developers have not yet finalized revised timelines for testnet activation or the target December mainnet rollout.
🏛 $USDC : Circle Shareholder Files Lawsuit Against Trump Crypto Deals
A Circle shareholder filed a lawsuit in federal court against President Donald Trump and World Liberty Financial, alleging foreign deals funneled money into rival stablecoin USD1 and harmed $USDC market competitiveness. The complaint demands disgorgement and constitutional violation rulings over a reported $2 billion investment. However, Circle clarified it did not authorize or participate in the litigation.
📊 $BTC : Tarmoq hashrate’i 45% ga tiklanib, 1 050 EH/s ga yetdi
Bitcoin’ning hisoblash quvvati iyuldagi 726 EH/s lik eng past ko‘rsatkichdan qariyb 1 050 EH/s gacha, ya’ni 45% ga oshdi. CryptoQuant tahliliy kompaniyasi bu tiklanishni yangi uskunalarni faol ishga tushirayotgan, birjada ochiq savdo qilinadigan maynerlarni qo‘llab-quvvatlayotgan institutsional kapital bilan bog‘laydi. Biroq global hashrate $BTC narxi 111 000 dollardan oshgan paytda qayd etilgan 1 305 EH/s lik cho‘qqidan pastligicha qolmoqda.
📊 $BTC : Study Finds Spot ETF Inflows Lag Price Action
Spot $BTC ETF flows react to market swings rather than trigger them, according to a DWF Labs study across 694 trading days. Daily flows showed a 0.54 correlation with the previous five days of price action, but dropped to 0.03 for the five days ahead. Investors pulled capital during seven of eight major 15% drawdowns, yet researchers cautioned that fund data cannot distinguish between retail exits and institutional basis-trade hedging.
🏛 $ETH : Starknet Community Backs Plan to Research Independent L1
Starknet governance participants voted 93.52% in favor of researching a departure from $ETH to build an independent, post-quantum layer-1 network. StarkWare plans to release a whitepaper draft in November exploring the shift. For now, the network remains an active layer-2, with any final split requiring a separate, binding vote.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $528 million in net inflows on Wednesday, driving their three-day haul past $1.08 billion. BlackRock led the session with $235 million, followed by Fidelity with approximately $213 million. The rebound lifted October net inflows to $461 million following consecutive weeks of heavy withdrawals. However, $BTC retreated to $82,485 after briefly touching an intraday peak of $84,777.
🏛 $BTC : Xitoy musodara qilingan 61 800 ta tangani davlat foydasiga o‘tkazishga kirishdi
Xitoy prokurorlari 5,7 milliard dollarlik firibgar investitsiya sxemasiga aloqador 61 800 dan ortiq $BTC tani qaytarib olish uchun musodara jarayonini rasman boshladi. Rasmiylarning da’vo qilishicha, firibgarlikdan tushgan mablag‘lar tashkilot rahbari Buyuk Britaniyaga qochib ketishidan oldin kriptovalyutaga o‘tkazilgan. Musodara qilingan tokenlar hozirda Britaniya rasmiylari ixtiyorida, shu bois transchegaraviy huquqiy qaytarish va yurisdiksiya bo‘yicha da’volar hal etilmagan.
🛠 $XRP : Ledger Bug Fix Pushed to November After Validator Vote Dips
$XRP : XRP Ledger delayed its fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment activation to Nov. 4 after validator backing dropped to 26 of 35, resetting the mandatory 14-day countdown. Network rules require continuous 80% consensus—at least 29 validators—without interruption across every 15-minute checkpoint. Support has since rebounded to 31 validators, providing a small buffer. However, the upgrade must sustain that threshold uninterrupted for two full weeks before activating.
🔥 $USDT: Tether Backs Bolivian Fintech to Expand Retail Payments
Tether led a pre-seed round in Bolivian fintech Peso to scale $USDT payment infrastructure across Latin America. The platform connects the token directly to local banking networks, merchant point-of-sale systems, and delivery applications. The expansion targets Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina as regional dollar demand climbs. However, Tether did not disclose the investment size.
🏛 $ADA : Foundation Urges EU to Shield Staking From MiCA Expansion
The Cardano Foundation submitted a 19-page filing urging the European Commission not to expand MiCA to decentralized finance and staking. It emphasized that delegating native $ADA to secure the network requires neither surrendering custody nor locking tokens. Regulators like ESMA are currently weighing stricter safeguards, leaving future European policy boundaries for non-custodial staking still undecided.
🔥 $DOGE : Dogecoin Labs Launches to Build Commercial Ecosystem
The Dogecoin Foundation joined forces with core product teams to launch Dogecoin Labs, a dedicated commercial company. The entity unifies the MyDoge wallet, DogeOS app platform, and Such App merchant rails to turn $DOGE into a functional decentralized economy. While the initiative consolidates intellectual property and development, converting community enthusiasm into lasting commercial adoption remains unproven.
🛠 $SOL : Alpenglow Upgrade Goes Live to Slash Finality to 150ms
$SOL : Solana activated its first major consensus upgrade, Alpenglow, on mainnet Wednesday. The deployment deploys direct validator voting to replace TowerBFT, targeting a 99% reduction in transaction finality down to roughly 150 milliseconds from 12.8 seconds. While the protocol targets sub-second confirmation, initial dashboard metrics recorded 6.6-second finality immediately following activation.
📊 $BTC : Spot ETF Options Open Interest Crosses $36B
Options tied to U.S. spot $BTC exchange-traded funds hit roughly $36 billion in open interest, capturing about 47% of the total crypto options market. BlackRock’s IBIT accounts for nearly $35 billion alone, tripling since January 2025. Combined with native crypto platforms, total market options reached approximately $76 billion. However, trading remains heavily concentrated in a single ETF vehicle.
🛠 $ZEC : Developers Set NU7 Activation Block to Slash Block Times
Zcash developers scheduled the NU7 network upgrade for mainnet block 3,543,405, targeting activation around Nov. 5. The protocol hard fork will slash $ZEC target block times by two-thirds down to 25 seconds for faster confirmations. Six of 12 readiness tasks remain pending, including unresolved Zebra node synchronization fixes before deployment.
🔥 $BTC : SpaceX and Tesla Weigh Merger Pooling 30,000 Coins
SpaceX and Tesla are exploring a potential merger that would unite more than 30,000 $BTC across both corporate balance sheets. Elon Musk confirmed that independent board committees are currently evaluating the tie-up, which would merge SpaceX's reported 18,712 $BTC with Tesla's 11,509 $BTC . Shareholders must approve any deal, and Musk noted the special committees have not reached agreement on transaction terms.
🔥 $USDT: Tether AI to‘lovlari startapi Mural’ning 15 million dollarlik investitsiya raundiga boshchilik qildi
$USDT: Tether Nyu-Yorkda joylashgan Mural startapining A seriyali 15 million dollarlik investitsiya raundiga boshchilik qildi. Natijada startap jalb qilgan jami mablag‘ 28 million dollarga yetdi. Palantir’ning sobiq muhandislari asos solgan Mural avtonom dasturiy ta’minot va fintech kompaniyalariga an’anaviy banklar hamda blokcheynlar orqali to‘lovlarni amalga oshirish imkonini beruvchi infratuzilmani yaratadi. Investitsiya AI tizimlari oldindan belgilangan limitlar doirasida ruxsat etilgan tranzaksiyalarni boshlashi mumkin bo‘lgan «agentli moliya» yo‘nalishiga qaratilgan. Tether’ning venchur investitsiyalarini bevosita kiritishi dasturlashtiriladigan to‘lovlarga e’tibor kuchayayotganini ko‘rsatadi, biroq an’anaviy bank tarmoqlarida avtonom agentlar orqali hisob-kitoblarning keng joriy etilishi hali sinovdan o‘tmagan.
📊 $ETH : Spot ETF Outflows Cross $1B in October Drain
US spot $ETH exchange-traded funds surpassed $1.08 billion in net withdrawals this month after shedding another $26 million on Tuesday. The aggressive cash drain marks the largest monthly outflow since November 2025, completely erasing September's $832 million in net inflows. Ether prices simultaneously slid 9.7% through October to $2,438. However, year-to-date ETF inflows still maintain a positive balance of approximately $485 million.